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Former NFL Player Anquan Boldin Weighs In On Political Activism By Athletes

5:26pm October 09, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Anquan Boldin, retired NFL wide receiver and co-founder of the Players Coalition, about current athlete political activism.

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Clothes and shoes in the locker room at Desportivo Brasil.

China And Brazil Woo Each Other With Soccer Power

5:16pm October 07, 2018

by Philip Reeves

Each year Chinese youth teams send members to a Brazilian academy for 10 months of soccer coupled with regular school lessons, including classes in Portuguese.

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Saturday Sports: Baseball Playoffs

7:57am October 06, 2018

NPR's Scott Simon talks with Howard Bryant of ESPN.com and ESPN the magazine about the American League playoffs in baseball.

American Flat Track motorcycle racer Shayna Texter poses with a young fan during an autograph session at Canterbury Park outside Minneapolis. Texter is one of the most popular racers on the AFT circuit and, in 2011, became the first woman in the history o

'Hold Your Breath,' American Flat Track Racing Mounts A Comeback

7:57am October 06, 2018

by Tom Goldman

More than 3 million people this year watched flat track motorcycle racing, thanks in large part to two unlikely characters.

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New York Vs. Boston Books

7:57am October 06, 2018

by Scott Simon

This week the New York public library and the Boston public library made a friendly wager over baseball.

NFL linebacker Junior Seau died from suicide at the age 43 and suffered from CTE. His family announced on Friday they had settled a wrongful death lawsuit against the NFL.

Family Of Hall Of Famer Junior Seau Settles With NFL

7:42pm October 05, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Seau's family opted out of a $675 million concussion settlement covering more than 20,000 retired NFL players, and reached a separate agreement for an undisclosed sum.

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Baseball's Epic, Ancient Rivalry Is Back As Yankees Take On Red Sox In ALDS

6:05pm October 05, 2018

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly talks to ESPN baseball analyst Jessica Mendoza about the MLB playoffs and this weekend's epic matchup between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox.

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Abraham Guzman (left) puts John Torres Jr. in a friendly chokehold at the StoryCorps booth in New York City.

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'He Was My Hero': Son Remembers His Wrestler Father

4:59am October 05, 2018

Lucha libre wrestling cemented the bond between a father and son. At StoryCorps, John Torres Jr. talks about how he has carried on the legacy after his father's death.

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Has The NFL Gone Too Far With Its New Roughing The Passer Rules?

8:06am October 03, 2018

In the first 3 weeks of the NFL season, the league issued twice as many penalties for hard tackles of the quarterback than it had the year before. Commentator Mike Pesca offers his take on the rules.

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Bet Decides Whether Baby Will Be Raised To Favor Chargers Or 49ers

6:58am October 01, 2018

According to ESPN, the couple agreed that once the two teams played each other, they'd bring the kid up as a fan of the team that won. That game was Sunday. The Chargers won.

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